Re: State of current pv_ops backend for KVM?

[Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>]

Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> Does anyone know what the state of a pv_ops backend for KVM is?  I 
> know Ingo has an implementation that implements CR3 caching but I 
> don't see any branches in Avi's git tree.
>
> Perhaps we should try for a simple pv_ops backend for 2.6.23 seeing as 
> how the host infrastructure is there?  I'd be willing to do some leg 
> work here... 

I think we should aim for a full direct paging implementation, where the 
cr3 cache is just the cherry on top that makes context switches proceed 
at native speed.  Jun has a paper on it for OLS and I hope patches too.

A minor drawback with direct paging is that you are more or less forced 
to use pae on the guest, but I think that's acceptable.

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